If things went differently last year, I’d be in this thread now listening to people justifying this.
City are horrible. Last year was so important for our club.
City are horrible. Last year was so important for our club.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th September 2024
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Remind me what laws we broke or would need to break under state ownership?
This is end game shit from city
I suspect they've caught wind a relegation is on the cards so trying to force a trade off
PL has to stand firm, the whole make up of the league depends on clubs abiding by the agreed regulations. If they bend those for one club, especially a club which has clearly thumbed it's nose at its authority for the best part of 10 years it'll collapse. The big boys will be off to the super league and taking their TV rights packages with them
I suspect they've caught wind a relegation is on the cards so trying to force a trade off
PL has to stand firm, the whole make up of the league depends on clubs abiding by the agreed regulations. If they bend those for one club, especially a club which has clearly thumbed it's nose at its authority for the best part of 10 years it'll collapse. The big boys will be off to the super league and taking their TV rights packages with them
The tyranny of the majority….
tell me you’re not from a democracy, without telling me you’re not from a democracy. Mindblowing
tell me you’re not from a democracy, without telling me you’re not from a democracy. Mindblowing
Their behaviour is just like that of the Republicans.
What's that got to do with this thread and the financial doping that they are guilty of in an attempt to become relevant?
City need to realise that nobody cares about them. They aren't a juggernaut club and need to stop trying, they suddenly think they're the Madrid of England and Khaldoon thinks he's Perez. They don't have that clout. If they disappear outside of half of Stockport no one will care.
I hear you. State ownership would have probably been a complete deal breaker for me.
They are the OJ Simpson of football.
I just can't get over the "tyranny of the majority" line. Utterly insane.
The game is dying.
Football in this country is well and truly fked if city win this case. But I really don't see it happening. You can't just decide you don't like the rules you signed up to. It simply doesn't work like that, no matter how much you pay you legal team.
From City's point of view, they are clearly trying one last shot because they know the november hearing will go against them. And I'd imagine some of their key players are already eyeing the exits.
From City's point of view, they are clearly trying one last shot because they know the november hearing will go against them. And I'd imagine some of their key players are already eyeing the exits.
Are their statements written by Donald Trump?
Boycott the bastards!
I’d be over the moon.
Democratic tyranny? Hmm..The tyranny of democracy?
De Bruyne is already openly talking about going to Saudi Arabia. Writing's on the wall.
If they win it'll probably end up with City and Newcastle the top 2 in the Premier League and in the final of the Champions League every year as no one will be able to match their spending.
Clearly that's what they want. But the PL hold the aces here.
Saudi tried to buy football last summer and it clearly hasn't worked. They need the PL far more than the PL needs these oil states.
It's the feckin cheek that they have trying to justify it as fighting against the cartel and how we're limiting free spending.
As if they give a shit that the rest of the non state sponsored clubs could actually run into massive losses and even end up out of business trying to keep up in a glorified arms race.
I'd have a tiny bit more respect if they just owned it and said 'We're rich, we want to spend our money how we want and feck the rest of you's', rather than dress it up as some moral crusade for the good of football!
As if they give a shit that the rest of the non state sponsored clubs could actually run into massive losses and even end up out of business trying to keep up in a glorified arms race.
I'd have a tiny bit more respect if they just owned it and said 'We're rich, we want to spend our money how we want and feck the rest of you's', rather than dress it up as some moral crusade for the good of football!
I'd say with the links of Pep leaving, Berrada jumping ship it doesn't look good for them.
The tyranny of the majority….
tell me you’re not from a democracy, without telling me you’re not from a democracy. Mindblowing
It's a pretty common phrase. Tocqueville, Burke, etc.
1) City threaten to sue the PL
2) PL buckles under pressure and exonerates City
3) PL announces that new rules around sponsors will come into effect immediately for 24/25 season
4) Newcastle announce £10 Billion sponsorship deal with "The Wey Aye Man from Jazan"
5) Newcastle poach all of City's best players, starting with De Bruyne.
That doesn't sound like a very good legal argument for a Competition Act claim.
Technically the truthThe tyranny of democracy?
De Bruyne off to Saudi
FFP is clearly illegal. You can't stop an owner from putting his money into his company.
I'm more thinking about the fans than the club.
Ah, I see. Yeah the moral crusader stuff is cringe.
Honestly, it’s infuriating, more so because fans and pundits alike will beat the same drum.
Manchester City finished 17th and 14th in their two years prior to the first takeover, meaning they were relegation candidates. They forget that they stepped over a lot of teams in bridging that gap, in essence because they won the lottery.
Newcastle were one of those teams, who ironically were also relegation candidates until state ownership. Newcastle themselves opposed allowing free reign at self sponsorship deals and yet they’re one of those complaining now.
Like we all know everyone has self interest at heart but Newcastle and city in particular parading themselves as anti establishment and fighting the “cartel” is absolutely laughable:
isn’t that obvious?
It's kinda puzzling in a fun way that City have found a way to make themselves even more unpopular. I didn't think it was possible - but I have got to give it to them - they succeeded
Surely this should be a breaking point for the PL and the majority of the clubs within it? I struggle to see how things can just go on as usual after this?
Sky running with this on their app. Nothing on BBC Sport. Odd.
It all seems a bit… desperate?
The gaul of the city group is quite impressive. You expect reactions from their fans, the majority being absolute clefts with no sense of anything approaching a club with a sense of stature and a storied history. I look forward to their attempt at distraction by attempting to prove the monopoly that they state a few clubs have in the premier league. The premier league needs to stand strong against these feckin cat rapists.
I see this as a bit of a hail mary from the legal team.
They are suing the rest of the clubs, in essence. You don't go down that road if you have other options, because no one is going to be helping them afterwards.
They know they are done.
They are suing the rest of the clubs, in essence. You don't go down that road if you have other options, because no one is going to be helping them afterwards.
They know they are done.